This is our final episode of this season and to mark this milestone, we've got a very special human hosting this season! Amla pitched me the idea for this last episode some weeks back and it only felt right to get her to host it. We talk about my journey doing this podcast, answer a couple of questions from the listeners, and talk about the measure of a person through their failures and growth.

There will be a Season 3, but for now, I'm going to take a much-needed break. Thank You, truly, for your support throughout and I will see you next season!

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The penultimate episode for this season features a human I feel grateful to have as a friend. Carolanna and I met at Trinity College Dublin and our years of friendship have involved many tangential conversations about all sorts of randomness. One of our more recent conversations was about the experience of home and so naturally, we decided to record an episode about it.

Thrilled at what we captured and the biggest shout out to Carolanna for jumping on the podcast!

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode features Liana Pavane, founder of TTYL and the podcast Ghost of Dates Past in a conversation about her journey as an entrepreneur, what hosting a podcast looks like, how she's navigated the journey of expressing herself to the fullest and why setting boundaries is an important part of that.

Truly grateful to have Liana on the podcast and I hope you enjoy listening in on the conversation!

If you'd like to see more of what she's up to, follow her social channel Instagram and you can find out more about her work at this link here.

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode this week features a wonderful human that I feel exceptionally lucky to call a friend, Sinéad Lane. Our conversation was fairly unstructured with the sole aim of capturing the 'Heart on your sleeve, sleeve in your face' human that Sinéad is.

We cover her experiences growing up in rural Ireland, the misogyny she's experienced, our relationships and struggle with pornography and how she now shows up as her unfiltered self.

If you'd like to see more of what she's up to, follow her social channel Instagram

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode this week features Henry James Garrett, who is a brilliant creative and just an all-around wonderful human! 

I've listened to this episode a good few times now and I'm still completely blown away by the depth of the conversation. We talk about masculinity, our journeys growing up as young men in our parts of the world, breaking past the restrictive walls of what we've been told being a man is and our hopes for the years that lie ahead.

The biggest thank you to Henry for jumping on the pod and if you'd like to see more of what he's up to, check out this website and follow his socials on Instagram & Twitter.

I am so grateful to have had this conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to it!

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode this week is perhaps the most important conversation I'll ever record because it features my mum! This podcast, literally, would not exist if not for her so it only felt fair to have her on the microphone.

We recorded this over zoom and my mum was quite nervous about the tech giving up halfway, but despite the mic quality on her end (I EQ'd my best), this conversation explores the loss of a parent and what it might be like for me to lose her someday.

We talk about how we connected as survivors of abuse, how my early years weighed on her and how our time away makes every moment spent together precious.

I am so grateful to have had this conversation and I hope you enjoy listening to it!

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode this week features a conversation with Cillian Crosson, a man I feel incredibly grateful to call a friend, in a conversation that goes on many tangents but at the core of it is all about doing some good in the world in the hopes of weaving a better future for those that come after us.

Cillian is co-founder of Training for Good, an impact-focused training organisation that upskills people to help them better tackle the most pressing global issues. 

You can follow Cillian on his Twitter - @CillianCrosson

We also mentioned the following in the episode and you can learn more here:

• Equal Justice Initiative
• 80,000 Hours
• Give Well

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

Our episode this week features a conversation with the amazing Rachel Wright, a sex educator and psychotherapist based out of New York, and covers many grounds, right from her early years, unpacking what her sexuality meant for her, to opening herself to more love and in the process meeting new depths in her relationships.

This episode is super special because her work has had such a significant impact on my own journey of meeting the many parts of myself and accepting myself.

If you'd like to find out more about Rachel & the work she's doing, check out her website or follow her on Instagram

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

The episode this week features another conversation from my time in Scindia, but one that explores the harsh reality of what it was like being one of the handful of girls on the fort. This conversation barely scratches the surface of what that environment must have been like but I am so immensely proud of what Sukanya brought to the conversation and left me feeling more feelings than I had anticipated.

We feel you might be interested in checking out The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk. It covers the somatisation of trauma quite well and is well worth a read.

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

Our episode this week features Mrinal Gokhale (@mrinalg_ ) in a conversation about her experiences growing up in America, the stigmas around mental health, and how she's making headways in highlighting mental health journeys within the South Asian community through her writing.

You can find out more about her book here: Saaya Unveiled: South Asian Mental Health Spotlighted.

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

This week's episode features a conversation, the roots of which lie many years back at Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport, sharing stories of love, race, and life that just stayed with me. It was so incredibly fresh and powerful to share a conversation like that with another man and I'm glad Kenny decided to embrace his vulnerability and jump on the pod to recreate some of that same openness!

I'd encourage checking out his Instagram: @kengy16 & his work with both @black_andirish & @slightmotif

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Podcast hosted by Pranav Darshan (@pdarshan)

Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

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This week's episode features a man I feel exceptionally privileged to call a friend and brother, Ronit Borpujari. Our conversation was a hard one to have, but we both could see the good that would come out of finally speaking the truth about our experiences of living and growing up in a boarding school.

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

Patron Credits:

• Varun Kapoor

We're Back!

This is our first episode of the new season and our 11th in the series, featuring a very familiar host mumbling about things he's definitely not familiar about. Short as introductions go, this is one you do not want to miss!

This episode also features a big announcement (I'm on Patreon) and the first look at what lies ahead for Season 2.

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Intro Track by The Mini Vandals

Outro Track by Chris Haugen

We're back for a second season with some truly incredible conversations and here's your first glimpse at our first three episodes.

New Episodes out - 4th of May with new episodes every Wednesday.

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Our episode this week is the final episode for this season and is a neat little bow on an incredible first season!

We look at my journey of overcoming self-doubt, embracing my creativity, and the time a photoshoot ended up being one of the most profound moments in my life.

This episode also features the first look at what lies in wait for the future of this podcast and our plans for Season 2.

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Additional Music by Kevin MacLeod

Our episode this week features a conversation with Fernanda Cortina, about the gutwrenching, heartbreaking moments that make us curse love and the journey of meeting love again through our healing. 

It's a conversation where we revisit our own friendship, our understanding of relationships, and our hope for the future. 

Fernanda is also an incredible photographer and storyteller, and you can follow her on Instagram @fernanda_cortina or visit her website: Fernanda Cortina Photography

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Additional Music by VYEN

This week's episode features a conversation with Donnchadh Mac Gabhann, a featured writer on the website and a long time friend.  

This episode was such a practice in vulnerability because we went in without a plan or set of things to fall back on. Just a broad idea of wanting to discuss friendships with no filters or preparation. 

Donnchadh is a featured writer on the website and has two published series: Caged & Away and The Masked King.

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Additional Music by VYEN

This week's episode features the lovely Elizabeth Maguire of Flea Market Love Letters, in a conversation about the growth in a relationship and the many journeys that love can take us on.

A conversation about continuing to meeting in the middle, no matter what life throws our way.

Liz is also a featured writer on the website and you should definitely check out her Personal Essay.

You can find Liz on Instagram @fleamarketloveletters.

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This week's episode features Ayesha Syeddah, in a conversation where we reflect on the colour of our skin and the many experiences that shaped our understanding of who we are in the world.

We talk about racism, profiling, the future that we hope to build, and how we found meaning in our otherness.

Ayesha is a fellow writer & creative and you can find out more by following this link.

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This week's episode features David Scanlon, in a conversation where we deep dive into the culture and nature of our families growing up and how our homes inspire and define the way we love.

David is also a featured writer on the website and you should definitely read his Poem and his Personal Essay.

You can find David on Twitter @DavidScanlon15

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Additional Music by Nathan Moore